Featherweights Yair Rodriguez and Steve Garcia are booked to meet at UFC 335 on December 12 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, according to Garcia's own Instagram announcement on November 5, reported by NY Fights and independently covered by Yahoo Sports. The bout adds to a card headlined by Charles Oliveira's BMF title defense against Diego Lopes.
Rodriguez, ranked No. 6 in the UFC's featherweight rankings, has not competed since a unanimous-decision win over Patricio Pitbull at UFC 314 in April 2025. He was briefly booked against Jean Silva for UFC Noche in September but withdrew with an injury, stretching his time away from competition to roughly 20 months by fight night. His UFC.com athlete page lists his record at 21-5.
Garcia, ranked No. 10 in the same division, is coming off a second-round knockout loss to Lopes at UFC Freedom 250 in June, which snapped a seven-fight winning streak that included stoppage wins over David Onama and Kyle Nelson and a decision over Calvin Kattar. His UFC.com athlete page lists his record at 19-6.
Neither UFC.com nor the promotion's own event listing for UFC 335 had added the bout as of this writing, consistent with the UFC often confirming fighter-announced bookings on its own site days later. The matchup pairs two featherweights looking to rebound, Rodriguez from a long layoff and a mixed record over his last three outings, Garcia from the first loss of his current UFC run.
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